armature

IPA: ɑrmʌtʃɝ

The rotating part of an electric motor or dynamo, which mostly consists of coils of wire (the winding) around a metal core.
The moving part in an electromechanical device like a loudspeaker or a buzzer.
A piece of soft steel or iron that connects the poles of a magnet, to preserve its strength by forming a circuit.
(sculpture) A supporting framework in a sculpture.
(computer graphics) A kinematic chain (a system of bones or rigid bodies connected by joints) that is used to pose and deform models, often character models.
A protective organ, structure, or covering of an animal or plant, for defense or offense, like claws, teeth, thorns, or the shell of a turtle.
Armor, or a suit of armor.
Any apparatus for defence.
The frame of a pair of glasses.

Examples of "armature" in Sentences

Interwoven through the armature was a continuous white canvas ribbon emblazoned with the
King Kong armature from the 1933 film was recently auctioned off by Christie’s of London.
I think they need some kind of armature, or make them out of straight concrete and thicker.
She built some kind of armature on my head and was able to make all of the hair stand on end.
The cylindrical structure on the end of an armature, which is designed to change the polarity of the current.
The armature was the base for a 56cm (22in) model of the gorilla used in the film's climax at the top of the Empire State Building in New York.
This depression is effected by means of an electro-magnet, E, whose armature, which is connected with the rod, _t, t_, lifts the arm, _i_, of the lever, and depresses A.
In these, by means of a steam-engine or other power, a number of coils of wire called the armature are set into rapid revolution between the poles of powerful electro-magnets.
"Second: The plastic mediator - that is to say, the metallic envelope, separated from the epidermis and the flesh, a kind of armature with flexible joints, in wich the internal system is firmly fixed."
The most convenient motion to give the conductor in practice is one of rotation, and hence the dynamo usually consists of a coil or series of coils of insulated wire termed the "armature," which is mounted on a spindle and rapidly rotated in a strong magnetic field between the poles of powerful magnets.